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    ViewBag.Title = "WebcomiX";
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    <h1>@ViewBag.Title.</h1>
    <h2>@ViewBag.Message</h2>
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    <p>
        WebcomiX is a new iPhone/iPad app for reading webcomics. Where apps like ComiXology are bringing paper comics to a new generation, WBCX will try and bring webcomics to the masses as well.
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    <p>
        Visit our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/webcomixapp">Facebook page</a> and leave comments and suggestions.
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    <p>
        One of the main features of the app is that when you view a comic, you have an option of where you want to start reading from. You can either start at the latest episode or you can start where you left off. That means if you only check in on a daily comic once a week, you can now read it in the order the episodes came out in, and not backwards from the latest. This works with all the comics we feature.
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    <p>
        WebcomiX doesn't do any screen scraping or anything like that.  The comics are presented as they would be in your browser.  This includes their adverts as comics have got to make a living as well. 
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    To start with we have the "All Comics" screen. This lists all the comics we feature and allows you to read them at the tap of a button.

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        Then there is the "Library" screen. This is where you can list your favourite comics for easy access.
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        <img class="screenshot" src="~/Images/Apps/WebcomiX-2.PNG" />
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        Finally there is the reading screen. This comes with first/last/random comic and goto buttons for navigating the strip. You can hide the title/toolbar by touching the screen for around a second though by default hthe iPhone now zooms into the comic for a better view. You can also view it in landscape or portrait.
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        <img class="screenshot" src="~/Images/Apps/WebcomiX-3.PNG" />
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    <h3>The Science Bit</h3>
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        Currently the app comes ready loaded with a bunch of comics.  This is because the stuff that goes on behind the scenes is too complicated to allow the user to subscribe to any comic they want. All these comic have been tested and are known to work with the app.
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        The way it works, is that every comic contains enough data that it can work out the URL for any particular episode of the comic from first to latest.  Most comics either have a date or a number they use as their main index.  The complicated part is that not every index may have an episode and an episode my have more than one index.  This is why some comics will ocasionally appear twice in a row.
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    <h4>The comics we could do</h4>
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        Perry Bible Fellowship - Angry Faerie - Earthson - Gastrophobia - Gunshow - Hark, A Vagrant - The Optimist - Rice Boy - Wigu - Wondermark - Gunnerkrigg Court
    </p>    <h4>The comics we can't do</h4>
    <p>
        Joy of Tech - Dork Tower - Sore Thumbs - Sequential Art - Eerie Cuties - 21st Century Coeds - TOY - Devil Bear - Landscaper - Nimona - Not Invented Here ... And TwoKind
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    <h2>Download</h2>
    <h4>WebcomiX</h4>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/webcomix/id549811592?mt=8">
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